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Iran’s Culture Minister Says He’s Trying to “Transform” Conservative Clerics’ Views on Music

Iran Human Rights,
08 December 2017, Iran

Before musicians can perform concerts in Iran without the threat of the authorities suddenly canceling them, someone has to convince conservative Shia Muslim clerics that music is not un-Islamic.

https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/12/irans-culture-minister-says-hes-trying-to-transform-conservative-clerics-views-on-music/

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